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COMBINED BUCKLE AND STRAP LOOP- No. 334,870. Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

ug-i a i llNrrE STATES RICHARD JONES, OF SYRACUSE, NEWV YORK.

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED BUCKLE AND STRAP-=LOOP.

$PEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,870, dated January26, 1886.

Application filed November 3 0, 1885. Serial No. 184,286. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. J ONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Buckles, Strap-Loops, and Hooks, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improvement applied to a short strap. Fig. 2 is adetached view in perspective of my improvement.

My invention is a combined buckle, straploop, and hook; and it consistsin making the plate carrying the buckle and loop, forming the keepers,of a single piece of sheet metal, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts, A is the plate, which is formed of a blank of sheetmetal of proper form, which is doubled approximately in the middle, soas to form a bearing at a for the tongue-bar of an ordinary buckle, B.Theplate A is slotted at the center oft-he bearing a,for the tongue ofthe buckle B to pass through. The under half of the plate A is formedwith a semicircular bearing, 1), for the center bar of a three-loop,(J,thus forming a keeper on each side of the plate, when the loopisinserted therein, for the folds of the end of the strap. In the rearof the pointwhere the loop 0 is pivoted the plate A is contracted inwidth, and both of its ends-one of which is somewhat shorter than theotherare rounded, and the double ends are bent into the form of a hook,as at D, the outer fold of the plate overlying the inner one slightly,as shown. The plate A is formed with holes or apertures c 0 through bothof its thicknesses, and by means of which and suitable rivets it isattached to the strap. After the blank is cut out of sheet metal of theproper form, and the bearings for the buckle and loop formed therein,the tongue of the buckle is inserted through the slot in the plate A,the middle bar of the loop 0 is inserted in its bearing 12, and thedoubled ends are bent to form the hook D, and by this last operation allof the parts are secured together. The holes are then made for therivets.

The manner of applying it to a strap is shown" in Fig. 1, and it will beunderstood that, like other devices of its class, the hook in the bightof the strap is to receive a ring or analogous article, and to preventits wearing the strap.

The blank can be cut out of sheet metal by means of dies of suitableform, and the beam ings for the buckle and loop formed therein, when bysimply doubling the plate, with the buckle and loop in place, andbending or forming the hook on the end, all the parts are securedwithout riveting, brazing, or soldering.

Myimprovementis very readily and cheaply constructed, and is welladapted for use on various parts of harness, and is very efficient inuse;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by. Letters Patent, is-

1. A strap-loop and protector consisting of a sheet-metal plate doubledupon itself, and with its free ends bent into hooked form at one end,with bearings for a buckle at the doubled end, and an intermediatebearing for 'a keeper, substantially as described.

2. A strap-loop and protector consisting of a sheetmetal plate doubledupon itself and bent into hooked form at one end, with bearings for abuckle at the doubled end, and an intermediate bearing for a keeper, incombination with a buckle and keeper, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD W. JONES. \Vitnessesi O. W. SMITH, G. S. HIER.

